The commerce secretary is responsible for representing U.S. businesses within the President's Cabinet, interacting with communities, businesses, universities, and American workers, and promoting economic growth, job creation, and balanced economic development.
D - to work with businesses to promote economic growth
Explanation:
The secretary is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce"
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